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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27835619859 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • richardbaloyi32@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "global mega" <globalmega004@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:51:25 -0700
Subject: Congratulations!!!

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY

 FROM: THE DESK OF INTERNATIONA PROMOTIONS/PRIZE  AWARD DEPARTMENT 

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,20/10/2005, of winners of the Global Mega Lottery South Africa/International Progamme.

 

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY

Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst

Balfour - Unite 1440

Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001

SOUTH AFRICA

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY.

Congratulations!

The International Mega Promotion team is proud to inform you that you have won USD1, 950,000.00 Why you have won Your E-mail address is one of 200 lucky Addresses who have won in the weekly Promotion.

See below how to claim your prize. Details on the Winnings

Your Winning Reference Number is: FLS-ZR39-825P-4

Batch Number:  74-263-BBN.

Serial number 513-10  

Ticket number 100-309-7482,

luckynumbers 2,9,22,23,24,30,+5.

Just contact our processing manager below for claiming of your prize and remember to quote your reference and Batch Number for easy processing of your prize. That's it!

Processing Manager: Mr.RICHARD BALOYI

TEL:  +27-83-561-9859.

EMAIL:richardbaloyi32@yahoo.co.uk

Congratulations again from International Mega Promotion team.

 

 

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